Suzanne Vega

They only hit until you cry,
After that, you don't ask why.

Suzanne Nadine Vega (born 11 July 1959) is an American singer-songwriter known for her eclectic folk-inspired music.

Quotes

I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will
Only first I am asking you why.

Suzanne Vega (1985)

• The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door,
  He said "I am not fighting for you any more."
  • The Queen and the Soldier

• "I've watched your palace up here on the hill
  And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill
  But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will
  Only first I am asking you why.
  • The Queen and the Soldier

• I have swallowed a secret burning thread.
  • The Queen and the Soldier

• I won't march again on your battlefield.
  • The Queen and the Soldier

• If you were to kill me now right here,
  I would still look you in the eye
  • In the Eye

Solitude Standing (1987)

I am sitting in the morning
at the diner on the corner
I am waiting at the counter
for the man to pour the coffee

• I am sitting in the morning
  at the diner on the corner
  I am waiting at the counter
  for the man to pour the coffee
  and he fills it only halfway
  and before I even argue
  he is looking out the window
  at somebody coming in.
  • Tom's Diner

• I open up the paper,
  there's the story of an actor
  who had died while he was drinking,
  it was no one I had heard of.
  • Tom's Diner

• My name is Luka.
  I live on the second floor.
  I live upstairs from you.
  Yes, I think you've seen me before.
  • Luka

• If you hear something late at night,
  Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight,
  Just don't ask me what it was.
  • Luka

• They only hit until you cry,
  After that, you don't ask why.
  • Luka

External links

• Official website
• Audio interview with Suzanne Vega on the Sodajerker On Songwriting podcast
• Suzanne Vega on A&M Records
• Suzanne Vega on IMDb
• Works by or about Suzanne Vega in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Love Songs review by SLUG Magazine (23 March 2010)
• Suzanne Vega recording of 'Streets of Laredo' for Pioneers for a Cure